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A Burns for All Seasons is a movie about the life of Mr. Burns that he submitted to the Springfield Film Festival in "A Star is Burns".

Starring

• Mr. Burns as himself
• Bumblebee Man
• Tommy Tune as Smithers

Written by

• Jeff Westbrook
• Colleen Millea
• Howard Leggett
• Robert Marra
• Jim Tonti
• Jerry Monaco
• Randy Zavada
• Ted Phillips
• J. August
• Steve Fein
• Kim Madrigal
• Marcial Pivano
• Starr Dogg
• Richard X. Vegas
• Velma Crow
• Jay Weinstein
• Mark Lichterman
• Emma Shannon
• Denise Cox
• Mike Himes
• Lisa Baran
• Nils Jackson
• Geoff Fudge
• Howie March
• David Heyman
• Arne Rickert
• Maiya Williams
• Rebecca Shannon
• Rachel Heiden
• Corinna Yvonna
• Lowell Burns
• Babaloo Smithers

Plot

The first scene opens with Mr. Burns atop a horse wearing a sombrero, rounds of machine gun ammunition draped across his chest. "Simple villagers," he says to a group of people, "I promise you I will close plants in America and bring work here!" Chespirito cries, "Viva Senor Burns!" and the assembled villagers cry, "Viva! Viva!" Burns' horse gallops off, but Burns doesn't manage to stay in the saddle, instead getting dragged back and forth along the ground.

The next scene features Mr. Burns saying, "Remember, Elliot, I'll be right here," on one knee to a child. The tip of his finger lights up briefly; he then enters a spaceship, its door spiraling closed, which takes off into the crimson sky.

The next scene shows a Roman centurion on a horse leading a group of shackled prisoners across the desert. The last prisoner, who bears a striking resemblance to Charlton Heston, collapses from exhaustion. A shadow appears over him: a man kneels in front of him, strokes his hair, and hands him a bottle of spring water. "Drink up, Judah Ben Hur," exhorts Mr. Burns. Ben Hur does so, then looks up gratefully and says, "You truly are the king of kings." A heavenly light shines down upon Burns, and he says "Excellent."

Reception

The audience at the film festival reacted angrily and dismissed it as "Pure egotism" and "Self-indulgent tripe." At the very end, everyone booed the film except for Hans Moleman who shouted Boo-urns. Determined to win the festival, Mr. Burns bribed Krusty and Mayor Quimby, both of whom were part of the five person jury. However, he lost out to Barney's film Pukahontas.

Months later, he submitted the film to the Academy Awards, but lost out to a remake of Moleman's Man Getting Hit by Football starring George C. Scott.